>Colman:
>
>I have on my shelf, but have not yet read, the following:
>
>Anne Winston-Allen, *Stories of the Rose: The MAking of the Rosary in the
>Middle Ages.* Penn State Press, 1998.
>
>--Nancy Caciola
> History, UC-San Diego
>
>At 02:59 PM 2/23/99 -0000, you wrote:
>>
>>Dear List members,
>>
>>Can anyone suggest where I could get information on the origins and
>>development of the Rosary? Most of the material that I have to hand is of a
>>devotional nature and I would be grateful for any references to academic or
>>scholarly works.
>>
>>With thanks in advance
>>
>>Colman O'Clabaigh, OSB
Dear Colman and ohers,
You may also find of interest and relevance the following: Wilkins, Eithne.
- The rose-garden game : the symbolic background to the European
prayer-beads. - London : Gollancz, 1969.
I hope this helps.
Brian Donaghey
Brian Donaghey - Dept of English Language & Linguistics, University of
Sheffield - Tel. 0114 22 20213
...nec bibliothecae potius comptos ebore ac vitro parietes quam tuae mentis
sedem requiro, in qua non libros, sed id quod libris pretium facit,
librorum quondam meorum sententias, collocavi.--Boethius I pr.5
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